Imperialism
The need to look beyond your own borders and acquire new territory
Imperialism
What was the purpose Woodrow Wilson's neutrality policy?
Keep America out of WWI.
African Americans move North to fill jobs and start communities during WW1
Great Migration
mild winters and good soil allowed for cash crops to be grown
Southern Colonies
Trade route of Africans into slavery between Africa and New World
Middle Passage
What was the geographic significance of the Panama Canal?
US gains a faster route from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.
What was the significance of the German sinking of the Lusitania?
German u-boat sinks a passenger boat with US citizens on board.
Act that made it illegal to speak out against or interfere with military operations
Espionage Act
relied heavily on shipbuilding and fishing due to forests and coastal access
New England Colonies
Articles of Confederation
What was the economic significance of the Panama Canal?
Increases trade and lowers the cost of shipping goods.
Germany tries to entice Mexico to attack US if US declares war on Germany by saying they will give Mexico land they lost in Mex-Amer War
Zimmerman Telegram
Man who spoke out against joining military, got 10 years in prison
Eugene Debs
extensive river systems helped develop strong trade relationships
Middle/Mid-Atlantic Colonies
The first 10 amendments
Bill of Rights
What territories were gained as a result of the Spanish-American war?
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philipines
Treaty of Versailles
Nations coming together to keep peace throughout the world after WW1
League of Nations
the three involved in the Trans-Atlantic Trade system.
England, Africa, America
system in which a country attempts to increase exports and decrease imports
mercantilism
What expanded on to the Monroe Doctrine?
Roosevelt Corollary
The policy for Germany sinking any ship in the Atlantic Ocean
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Who wanted the US to stay OUT of the League of Nations due to fear of getting dragged into more warfare
Congress
the location of the First Continental Congress meeting
Philadelphia
a tax on paper goods in the colonies
Stamp Act